Gamespot Impressions Of CSX

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mcred wrote..

Ugh... I don't even want to debate this... are you siriously saying you'd prefer a console control to a keyboard and mouse for a FPS?

I have a mouse and KB hooked up to my xbox

[MikeJ]

which you wont be able to use over XBox live because putting a mouse against an analog stick is like giving someone OGC.

[Coolleroy]

bozer wrote..

Why cant they update CS 1.6 to be as pretty as CSX? Most real gamers hardware is better then whats in an Xbox anyway.

Thats one of the reasons CS is so popular now though, you can play it on a lot of computers even if they aren't built for gaming. If they made it a high-end high poly game then they would lose a lot of the community. Some people aren't as fortunate as us to have a nice PC that we can upgrade regularly, so CS is the solution. I'm not trying to say CS sucks though, its currently one of my favorites along with BF1942, UT2003, and PlanetSide.

[Mr. Poophead]

The whole thing is that CS on PC is good in terms of compatability and scalability, better for your low-end PCs. On the other hand, CSX for the XBox looks a whole heck of a lot nicer, but it only depends on one certain set of hardware (consider the XBox an equivilant mid-range PC). I wonder if the 8-bit color thing they mentioned in the article is dependant on the engine. If it's not, it shouldn't be that hard to make some new 24 or 32 bit color schemes for the |337 people with non-sucky computers, and then be able to scale them down to 8 bit if your computer sux. Maybe that's half of what CZ is about in the end. Snarf.

[Flynntargart]

but when is it porting to PS2. I really dont want to have to buy an X-Box.....

[helloworld]

8-bit palletized textures are part of the HL engine, however I have a feeling there is a little more to the upgrade then just that. 8-bit palletized textures sound really low quality but in actuallity, they more than do the job 70% of the time. More likely then not the maps are just quite a bit higher poly and rely on far less texture streching, making them look far cleaner.

[wckd]

i think it looks pretty nice, but even-though the maps textures have a facelift i still woulnd't want to buy a X-Box and the game..btw halo sux.

[Death-Speak]

Hopefully I'll be getting my kids an XBox for Christmas, hello CSX.. hehe.

[f0liage^]

Its worrying that somebody with the name Death-Speak and a grim reaper for an avatar is allowed to have kids.....

[shurcool]

i heard they were asking if it'll be possible to have PC CS players play together with XBox CSX players (on the same server), but i guess the answer to that is no?



also, where will the [good and fast] dedicated servers be hosted? i'm thinking XBoxes are out of question (who would want to leave their xbox on 24/7 and not use it; besides XBox live cable just won't cut it for 32 player servers), so it'll either be servers hosted on PCs or at Microsoft somewhere (not likely for various reasons; besides what about servers in other countries?).



thought for good. goof. food. though for. foog.

[orphy]

shurcool wrote..

i heard they were asking if it'll be possible to have PC CS players play together with XBox CSX players (on the same server), but i guess the answer to that is no?

It's been a "no" since day one, dude. I can't count how many times I've heard that question.

[thrombose]

There's nothing wrong playing FPS on console as long as you can play with a keyboard and mouse, such as on a PS2 :)

Thats why that big old chunk of Xbox is crap

[CabalSoljea]

:| flaming Xbox/Halo aint going nowhere...



defending them isnt too...



but still, i love my Xbox and Halo.

[Coolleroy]

xbox>ps2

but...

grand turismo 4>pgr 2

[CabalSoljea]

Coolleroy wrote..

xbox>ps2

but...

grand turismo 4>pgr 2

the console is definitely better... (xbox) but the games available not as good as ps2's...